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Geologic Unit: Chapin

Usage:

Chapin geosol (IL)
Chapin soil (informal) (IL)

For informal usage, the rank or lithologic term should not be capitalized.


Geologic age:

Quaternary
Pleistocene
Wisconsinan
Altonian


Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:

Chapin section, in NW/4 SE/4 NE/4 sec. 8, T. 15 N., R. 11 W., Morgan Co., IL (Willman and Frye, 1970).


AAPG geologic province:

Illinois basin


For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.

Asterisk (*) indicates published by U.S. Geological Survey authors.

"No current usage" (†) implies that a name has been abandoned or has fallen into disuse. Former usage and, if known, replacement name given in parentheses ( ).

Slash (/) indicates name conflicts with nomenclatural guidelines (CSN, 1933; ACSN, 1961, 1970; NACSN, 1983, 2005, 2021). May be explained within brackets ([ ]).